Topic: Development

Chevron Corp. has made a donation of $800,000 to The University of Texas at Austin. The gift represents the company's investment in the university for the coming academic year. Among the things the gift will support are undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, student organizations and activities, and laboratory renovations.

The University of Texas at Austin has raised more than $300 million from donors during the current fiscal year, which does not end until Aug. 31. If it continues at the current pace, UT Austin will have its best fundraising year in history, surpassing the $366 million it raised in 2008.

The University of Texas at Austin will hold its annual dinner on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in recognition of newly established Endowed Presidential Scholarships and Fellowships. The university welcomes 42 new endowments this year benefiting students in a range of disciplines.

The Campaign for Texas: Someday people with Type 1 diabetes will be able to replace their insulin shots with pills. Someday doctors will be able to target cancer cells directly without exposing patients' entire bodies to harmful radiation. Someday a vaccine will have the power to render powerless the deadly Ebola virus. Someday paramedics will be able to diagnose a heart attack with a single drop of saliva. This vision of someday brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin.